mailing

noun

mail·​ing ˈmā-liŋ 

: mail sent at one time to multiple addressees by a sender (as for promotional purposes)

Examples of mailing in a Sentence

Get the check ready for mailing and take it to the post office.

The charity sent out several mailings to everyone on its mailing list.

Recent Examples on the Web

Further steps The mailings specify a date after which the new MBI number should be used. —Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 June 2026

The State Board of Elections previously said that while only a small number of voters may have received the wrong ballot, replacement ballots were sent to all voters who received the affected mailings because officials could not determine exactly which voters were impacted. —Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 1 June 2026

With a reduction in advertising revenue, coupled with the rising cost of printing, general interest magazines had to rely heavily on subscriptions to cover their print and mailing costs. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 May 2026

What’s the deadline for mailing or dropping off my ballot? —Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 19 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing mailing

• mailing address
• mailing label
• mailing list
• self-mailing

Rhymes for mailing

• ailing
• bailing
• baling
• failing
• flailing
• grayling
• hailing
• jailing
• nailing
• paling
• railing
• sailing